A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds fairly divide this money?

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anonymous · Answer

man with the 3 loaves gets 3, man with the 5 loaves gets 5?

lgbasallote · Answer

nope :P hahaha =)) they ate with the hunter too so it's not like the hunter paid them for one of the loaves :P

experimentx · Answer

if they aren't greedy enough 4-4 .. lol

lgbasallote · Answer

well that's not fair share =)))

lgbasallote · Answer

Hint: consider each one's share of loaves

anonymous · Answer

got it... 2-6...

experimentx · Answer

all of them ate ... 1/3*8 = 2.666

which means shepherd with 3 loaves gave 0.333 loaves to hunder 
and other with 5 gave 2.333 loaves

so i guess

(0.333)/2.666*8 and (2.333)/2.666*8

apoorvk · Answer

okay easy-peasy..

the hunter with the lesser no. of loaves should keep one bronze, and the other one should keep 7 bronze coins.

experimentx · Answer

1 and 7 ???

apoorvk · Answer

yeah @experimentX.. you did it!!

experimentx · Answer

i hope so

apoorvk · Answer

LOL my bad.. i meant the "shepherd".. not the hunter!!

anonymous · Answer

i was gonna keep guessing until i got it right!

lgbasallote · Answer

apoor and experiment got it =)))